Singing and Ear Training | Using Tonic Solfa to Sing Fluently Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 3 Week 3 Cultural and Creative Arts

CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS

THIRD TERM

WEEK 3

PRIMARY 

THEME – TONIC SOLFA 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Drawing of Different Weaving – Meaning and Types of Weaving Primary 1 (Basic 1) Term 3 Week 2 Cultural and Creative Arts

TOPIC – SINGING 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2.

3. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to –

1. identify and pronounce the solfa tonic correctly.

2. revise the previous tonic Solfa song correctly.

3. pronounce the difficult words in the song correctly.

4. sing the song fluently.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can sing.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Mp3 players

2. Mobile devices

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSONS 1 – INTRODUCTION

Ear training is the ability to recognize music other than notation. It is also known as aural skill. It begins with

1. identifying sounds by ear and naming them

2. transcribing them

3. playing them back

4. singing them

5. singing them at more advanced levels, and

6. improvising upon them according to harmonic rules.

Note – The following songs below required a music teachers. Try to get the needed support from colleagues or expert, if you are not a music teacher. 

SINGING SONGS WITH TONIC SOLFA

1. The Rain and Sun (Ojo and Oorun in Yoruba)

Verse 1 – OJO NRO SERE NINU ILE 

Ojo nro, sere ninu Ile

Ma wo’nu Ojo

Ki aso re ko ma baa tutu

Ki otutu ko ma baa mu re

OJO NRO SERE NINU ILE

Verse 2 – OORUN NRO SERE NINU ILE 

Oorun nro, sere ninu Ile

Ma lo’nu oorun

Ki ara re ko ma baa se iba

Ki otutu ko ma baa mu re

LESSON 2 – SINGING SONGS WITH TONIC SOLFA 

2. Twinkle, twinkle, little star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Be sure that, the pupils pronounce each word of the song correctly.

SINGING TONIC SOLFAS OF TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR 

d: (Do), s: (Sol), l: (La) r: (Re) and m: (Mi) 

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol

Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do

Sol Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re

Sol Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol

Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do

LESSON 3 – SINGING SONGS WITH TONIC SOLFA 

3. Hip – Popo – Tamus

H I P for the HIP for the HIP POPO

PO PO for the HI POPO

And TAMUS, for the HIPPOPOTAMUS

HIPPOPOTAMUS

4. Parents Listen To Your Children 

Parents listen to your children

We are the leaders of tomorrow

Try and pay our school fees

And give us sound education

5. Education is my Pride 

Education x2

Education is my pride

Gold is good, silver is good

They are not pride

My pride is education

Education is pride, EDUCATION.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teacher organizes the pupils in groups depending on the size of the class.

3. Teacher silently plays a familiar song and gradually increase the volume in order to get the attention of the pupils.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils sing and dance alongside with their teacher.

4. Teacher leads the pupils to sing and itemized the lyrics of the song.

5. Teacher uses the song and the pupils relevant responses to introduce the lesson and appreciate their listen hear.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils pay attention to the lesson introduction and participate actively in the class discussion.

6. Teacher leads the pupils to sing other songs with tonic solfa (if he/she is a music expert) or invites the music teacher from colleagues and friends.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils sing songs with tonic solfa.

6. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board using appropriate lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to the questions and write or draw as instructed.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

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LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils to: 

1. identify and pronounce the solfa tonic correctly.

2. pronounce the difficult words in the song correctly.

4. sing one or more song fluently.